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As you’re probably aware, a 1/2 cent sales tax on the Nov. 5 ballot in Jackson County is asking voters to help fund translational medical research.

It is an unusual tax in that it doesn’t fund parks, public safety or other things that are normally funded by sales taxes. On Friday’s Kansas City Week In Review, Nick Haines will spend the entire program debating the issue. One of the institutions that would benefit from the tax is UMKC which would receive 20% of the take. KCPT Healthcare Reporter Todd Feeback visited UMKC to show the kind of product that can result from translational research.

A new bone cement under development at UMKC holds the promise of helping out hundreds of thousands of patients who undergo joint replacement surgery have better outcomes.

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